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πρότερος G4386
Adj-ANS-C  |  11× in 1 sense
former / formerly / before
1. former / formerly / before Comparative adjective/adverb indicating temporal priority, referring to what came before in time, whether used adverbially ('formerly, before, at first') or adjectivally ('former lusts, former days'). The semantic core is identical: temporal anteriority. Rendered: Spanish 'anteriormente/antes/anterior/primero', Hindi 'pahle/pehle' (पहले), Arabic 'awwalan/saabiqan/saabiqa' (أَوَّلًا/سابِقًا/سَابِقَة), Korean 'ijeon-e/jeonui/cheoeum' (이전에/전의/처음), Swahili 'kwanza/zamani/za awali/mara ya kwanza'. All three clusters share the same root semantic of temporal precedence with only grammatical variation. 11×
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Nature, Class, Example Geography and Space
AR["أَوَّلاً","أَوَّلًا","الأَوَّلونَ","السابِقَةِ","السّابِقَةِ","سابِقاً","سابِقًا","سَابِقَة"]·ben["আগে","আগে,","পূর্ব","পূর্বে","পূর্বের","প্রথমবার;","প্রথমে"]·DE["frueher"]·EN["before","for-","former","former-time","formerly"]·FR["auparavant"]·heb["בָּ-רִאשׁוֹנָה","הַקֹּדֶמֶת","לְ-פָנִים","לְפָנִים","מִקֹּדֶם","קֹדֶם","רִאשׁוֹנִים","רִאשׁוֹנִית"]·HI["पहले","पहले?","पेहले","पेहले;"]·ID["dahulu","lebih-dahulu","pertama-kali","sebelumnya"]·IT["prima","primo","proteron"]·jav["rumiyin","rumiyin,","rumiyin?","saderengipun","sakdèrèngipun","wau;"]·KO["먼저","이전에","이전의","전의","처음;"]·PT["anterior","anteriores","anteriormente","antes","primeiro"]·RU["прежде","прежде,","прежнему","прежние","прежним"]·ES["anterior","anteriores","anteriormente","antes","primero"]·SW["awali","kabla","kwanza","kwanza,","maisha-ya-zamani","mara-ya-kwanza","za-awali","za-kwanza","zamani"]·TR["ilkinde","onceki","size","önce","önceden","önceki"]·urd["پہلی","پہلے","پہلے-کی","پہلے-کے"]

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BDB / Lexicon Reference
πρότερος and πρῶτος, comparative and superlative formed from πρό, opposed to ὕστερος, ὕστατος. comparative πρότερος, α, ον, __I of Place, before, in front, π. πόδες the fore-feet, Refs 8th c.BC+; π. ἵπποι horses in front, Refs 5th c.BC+ — but mostly, __II of Time, former, earlier, ἄνδρες Refs 8th c.BC+; οἱ π. men of former times, Refs 8th c.BC+: also, older, opposed to ὁπλότερος, Refs; but παῖδες